Dakota Gardener: Pollinator gardening for children

  • A pollinator garden that attracts butterflies and bees can create a sense of wonder and connect youth with nature. NDSU photo.
    A pollinator garden that attracts butterflies and bees can create a sense of wonder and connect youth with nature. NDSU photo.
  • Dakota Gardener: Pollinator gardening for children
    Dakota Gardener: Pollinator gardening for children

    There are many fun, creative ways to involve youth in building pollinator habitats

    Now that summer is here and students are out of school, adults frequently ask me how to involve youth in pollinator conservation. Though they are wildly popular, I don’t usually recommend that children construct bee houses because of their limit-Teach children not to fear bees. Generally, bees only sting when provoke…